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τρητός

tretos

perforated, with a hole in it

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What it meant

τρητός · trētos — LSJ

perforated, with a hole in it, inlaid, holes, holes, mortised

perforated, with a hole in it, λίθος Od. 13.77; ἐν τρητοῖσι λεχέεσσιν, prob. of inlaid bedsteads (cf. τορευτός), Il. 3.448, cf. Od. 1.440, al.; others expld. it of the holes through which the cords that supported the bedding were drawn, or of the holes in the bedposts which received the framework (ἐνήλατα), EM 765.3:—μελισσᾶν τρητὸς πόνος, i. e. the honeycomb, Pi. P. 6.54; τρητά mortised, Pl. Plt. 279e; τ. ὀστοῦν, opp. ἄτρητον, Arist. HA 516a27; λίθαξ τ. pumice-stone, AP 6.66 (Paul.Sil.); τ. δόν

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